…May 9 • 2019 3 jn inside May 9-15, 2019 4-10 Iyar 5779 VOLUME CLV, ISSUE 14 thejewishnews.com For all the breaking news and ONLINE EXCLUSIVES • Schmoozing with Stephanie Steinberg and Jake Serwer • A New Perspective on Shabbat by Jillian Lesson • Look for updates on the Israel-Gaza confl ict VIEWS 5-10 JEWS IN THE D 12 Taking Action After Parkland, teens are leading in advocating for sensible gun control legislation. 1...…
…4 May 9 • 2019 jn Maya Barzilai, Assistant Professor of Hebrew Literature and Jewish Culture at the University of Michigan, will present her new book, Golem: Modern Wars and Their Monsters. Barzilai will explore the myth of the powerful golem and its relationship to twentieth century warfare. COST: $7/MEMBER WITH RESERVATION $10/NONMEMBERS AND WALK-INS (INCLUDES LUNCH) Register online at temple-israel.org/ask by Wednesday, M...…
…May 9 • 2019 5 jn for openers views NASA/BILL INGALLS Space, the Pistons, Queen Elizabeth & the Mueller Report — Oh, My! N ASA ’ s InSight Lander, which arrived on Mars last Nov. 26, has sent an exciting transmission. According to the space agency’ s website, the lander’ s Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure instrument recorded a faint seismic audio signal on April 6, described as the first likely recorded “Mars-quake” on...…
…6 May 9 • 2019 jn The Jewish News aspires to communicate news and opinion that’ s useful, engaging, enjoyable and unique. It strives to refl ect the full range of diverse viewpoints while also advocating positions that strengthen Jewish unity and continuity. We desire to create and maintain a challenging, caring, enjoyable work environment that encourages creativity and innovation. We acknowledge our role as a responsible, responsive mem...…
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…10 May 9 • 2019 jn A t a time when the faithful at Chabad of Poway faced unspeakable terror and a mosque in Michigan was the target of a bomb threat, we must recognize that the fight for all to be free from discrimination is not over. News stories like these cause older stories like Flint to fade from the headlines. But it is important to recall that it was five years ago that government officials began to draw residents’ d...…
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…12 May 9 • 2019 jn jews d in the on the cover I t’ s happened again. Six months to the day when a white suprema- cist gunman stormed the sanctuary of Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, another attack shattered the calm of Shabbat in the Chabad Center of Poway, Calif., April 27 at the conclusion of Passover. It’ s been 15 months since the Parkland shooting. If the past is a predictor, the news cycle will move on as it did for Parkl...…
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…14 May 9 • 2019 jn jews d in the continued from page 12 has been cycling through emotions such as anger and heartbreak and a “bleak sense of pride” knowing the rabbi tried to dissuade the shooter by talking to and reasoning with him before he himself was shot in the hands. Even that weekend, she overheard someone muttering hateful things about Jews at a gro- cery store. “ A shooting on the last day of Passover is the culmination of...…
…May 9 • 2019 15 jn dered, what does it have to take to get common sense gun violence preven- tion legislation passed?” Wittenberg posed at a JAC ii gathering. On April 30, he said the Poway murder and mass shooting gives him further reason to push forward on his attempts to make changes to the state’ s policies on gun control. He also acknowledged that no law, including California’ s own Red Flag law, enact- ed in 2014, will stop all...…
…16 May 9 • 2019 jn Remembering the Life and Legacy of Judge Damon Keith Community members recall Keith’ s ties to the Jewish community. jews d in the D amon Keith left our commu- nity and our nation a better, fairer place for all our peo- ple, and future generations will be the beneficiaries of his relentless pursuit of justice. My memories of Damon from 55 years ago remain vivid to this day. His vision was so clear and compel...…
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…18 May 9 • 2019 jn A Soviet Jewry Activist N atan Sharansky was born Anatoly Borisovich Shcharansky in 1948 in Donetsk, Ukraine. In 1973, after his request for an exit visa was denied from the Soviet government, he became a “refusenik” and an activist on behalf of Soviet Jews seeking to leave Russia and relocate to Israel. Four years later, in 1977, his outspoken activities led to his arrest on trumped up charges of treason an...…
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…20 May 9 • 2019 jn DAVID SACHS CONTRIBUTING WRITER A fter teaching constitutional law for more than a half-cen- tury, Wayne State University’ s nationally renowned law professor Robert Sedler has had a giant impact not only in the classroom but also on society. A veteran of integration struggles in the South, Sedler, 83, has champi- oned civil rights and civil liberties in Michigan and across America. On Saturday, May 11, he will be ...…
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…22 May 9 • 2019 jn continued from page 20 jews d in the working with the ACLU in Detroit. In 1985, he was a lawyer for the Michigan ACLU in a joint lawsuit with the Detroit NAACP that successfully overturned a Dearborn ordinance excluding non-res- idents (in effect, blacks from nearby Detroit) from using the city’ s parks. Sedler has disputed all religious displays on public property as a gov- ernmental endorsement of religion. He s...…
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…24 May 9 • 2019 jn ALLISON JACOBS DIGITAL EDITOR The JN talks with life coach, motivational speaker and founder of BREAK the Weight. R icki Friedman, 30, is a life coach, motivational speaker and founder of BREAK the Weight, where she coaches people to BREAK the Weight in their lives — physically, mentally and emotional- ly. She teaches people how to shift their mindsets and create positive coping skills to live stronger, health-...…
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…28 May 9 • 2019 jn Entrepreneur Debt Forgiveness Opportunity As part of the William Davidson Jewish College Loan Program (WDJCLP), Hebrew Free Loan Detroit (HFL) and the William Davidson Foundation will incentivize qualifying Jewish entrepreneurs to stay in Michigan by forgiving part of the student debt they incurred from their interest- free college loans. Both the William Davidson Foundation and Hebrew Free Loan support entrepre...…
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…30 May 9 • 2019 jn A Moment of Unity at U-M A “Moment of Unity” for the victims of the Chabad of Poway shooting was held at noon Monday, April 29, at the University of Michigan Diag, with opening words from students Leor Rosen, chair of Hillel Governing Board, and Aviva Nemeth, Hillel Religious Life Chair. “We knew it would be challenging to gather during exams, but it felt important for our Hillel and Chabad to work together t...…
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…32 May 9 • 2019 jn On March 28, L!fe Leaders Founder and President Amy Nederlander, along with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, Mayor Mike Duggan and Lori Maher and Hamilton Producer Jeffrey Seller, hosted the inaugural gala for the Detroit- based nonprofit L!fe Leaders Inc., a leadership and career development program for middle school and high school students. Following the show, gala attendees, including L!fe Leaders students, enjoyed des...…
…May 9 • 2019 33 jn moments continued on page 34 MARCH 16, 2019 Rabbi Jared and Sarit Anstandig of Ann Arbor are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Batya Avigail. Grandparents are Marcia and Charles Seigerman of West Bloomfield, Ronald Anstandig of Waterford, and Jon and Joyce Bendavid of Teaneck, N.J. Great-grandparents are Leo Beals of West Bloomfield and Minnie Rubinstein of Teaneck, N.J. Samantha Jordyn Bloch will c...…
…34 May 9 • 2019 jn moments Samuel Zachary Halprin (Yaakov Dekel) of Bloomfield Township became a bar mitzvah on Saturday, May 4, 2019, at Temple Shir Shalom in West Bloomfield. He is the son of Brian and Miriam Halprin and the brother of Joshua. Sam’ s grandpar- ents are Shirley Halprin and the late Stan Halprin, Adele (Gaba) Band, the late Leonard Gaba and stepgrandfa- ther the late Oscar Band. Sam is a student at Bloomfield H...…
…May 9 • 2019 35 jn D r. Michael and Lori Wayne of West Bloomfield are thrilled to announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter Morgan Paige to Matthew Erik Barker, son of Liz and Jeff Barker of West Bloomfield. Morgan and Matt both graduated from Michigan State University. Morgan works as a medical administrator and Matt is an associate broker at Max Broock Realtors. A June 2019 wedding is planned in Birmingham. Barker-Wayne ...…
…36 May 9 • 2019 jn moments E leanor Shapiro will celebrate her 100th birthday on May 9, 2019. She will be joined for a celebration with her children, Bob and Niki Shapiro, and Marty and Elaine Shapiro; as well as grand- children, Brian and Amy Shapiro, Dana and David Serlin, Corey and Samantha Shapiro, Eric and Robyn Shapiro, and Michael Shapiro. Also visiting to celebrate with her are her great-grandchildren, Jordyn and Jonah, Luc...…
…May 9 • 2019 37 jn I n Judaism we use the Hebrew root kof-daled-shin a lot. We make Kiddush on Shabbat, we say Kaddish when we remember someone who passed away, we say the Keddushah in the Amidah (the central prayer of each service), we are called an Am Kaddosh (a holy people), and this week’ s parashah is called Kedoshim. The parashah begins with the command, “You (all) shall be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy.” We us...…
…38 May 9 • 2019 jn Designer Pamela Singer opens the doors to her own home, one of six to be featured in the annual Temple Israel Sisterhood House Tour. I don’ t ever want someone to walk into a home and say, ‘ That’ s a Pamela Singer,’ ” says the designer and owner of Pamela Singer & Associates. “Each home should speak of the people living in it — not of the designer. And I’ m really good at finding out what clients want to come home...…
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…40 May 9 • 2019 jn continued from page 38 Clockwise from top left: On the other side of the kitchen bar area are Singer’ s kitchen table and family room. A lazy Susan in the center of the beveled-glass table holds a decorative pear; to the right, a two-sid- ed fireplace is surrounded by limestone, with matched drywall all the way up to the ceiling. Two steps down from the kitchen, Singer added a bar area, which displays a pair o...…
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…42 May 9 • 2019 jn R oseanne Barr is a lot of things: a comic, the driving force, creator and actor from one of the top 20 TV shows for nine consecutive seasons, Roseanne, a mother, a grandmother, a Golden Globe and Emmy award winner — and always controversial. Last year, she was removed from her show for a tweet she made that was considered racist. The original “domestic goddess” brings her live standup tour, “ Alive and Kicking,...…
…May 9 • 2019 43 jn job of the comedian, and it’ s a good time for it. JN: Do you relate to other com- ics like Kathy Griffin, who has been “blacklisted” by Hollywood, and how does your situation compare to men like Alec Baldwin who get a pass with homophobic slurs and public fist fights, but continues to be praised and does not have this affect his work? Do you want to talk about that at all? RB: Well, not really. He [Alec] called...…
…44 May 9 • 2019 jn T wo films specific to the times — one a documentary, the other a docudrama — are part of this year’ s Ann Arbor Jewish Film Festival, which is showcasing nine full-length films and six short films. The documentary, 93Queen, reflects the push for women’ s rights in Brooklyn’ s Chasidic community with the creation of the first all-female vol- unteer ambulance corps in New York City. The docudrama, Shoelaces, delves...…
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…46 May 9 • 2019 jn AT THE MOVIES The Hustle stars Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson as female scam artists who team up, in the words of the publicity release, “to take down the dirty rotten men who have wronged them.” Tim Blake Nelson, 54, has a large supporting role (third billing) as Portnoy. But there’ s no details out yet about his role. (Opens May 10) The words “dirty rotten” may ring a cinematic bell for you. The Hustle is a fe...…
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…48 May 9 • 2019 jn on the go HaTorah Detroit, BBYO, B’ nai Moshe, Hillel’ s Kosher Catering FLIK, Frankel Jewish Academy, JCC Day Camps, Tamarack Camps and Temple Israel. FRIDAY, MAY 10 JNF BREAKFAST FOR ISRAEL RSVP for May 21. At Shaarey Zedek in Southfield. Jonathan Medved, a social entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor and the founder and CEO of OurCrowd. will speak on Israeli innovation. Registration required: jnf.org/detroit....…
…May 9 • 2019 49 jn Economic Gamechanger Michigan Israel Business Accelerator readies launch of innovative new tech startup web platform. M ichigan Israel Business Accelerator (MIBA), capi- talizing on its close ties to Israel, the “Startup Nation,” is bring- ing a free web platform to Michigan, the first state in the country (and only third location in the world) to get the technology. The web platform, called startupmichigan.tech, ...…
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…52 May 9 • 2019 jn F rieda Smolinsky Leemon, 98, was born in Baklarzevo, Poland, in 1921 and was brought to the United States as an infant. She died May 2, 2019. As the oldest of five daughters, she had familial responsibilities from a very early age. She was the original English speaker in her extended family and took care of many family obligations usually handled by adults. She did well in school and while she only men- tions ...…
